Former BJP leader Uma Bharti (centre) rejoined the party after six years on Tuesday, June 7, 2011.

Bharti met BJP president Nitin Gadkari at his residence and then followed him to the party headquarters for a formal announcement.

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti is seen with senior Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Baajpayee during the chief minister's meet in New Delhi in 2004.

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Welcoming Uma Bharti to the party, Nitin Gadkari says that she has been given charge of Uttar Pradesh, where assembly elections are due next year.

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti is seen attending the Chief Minister's meet in New Delhi in 2004.

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Nitin Gadkari says the party hopes that Uma Bharti would be able to free Uttar Pradesh from Mayawati's "Gundaaraj" and prevent a comeback of the Samajwadi Party's "jungleraj".

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti is seen with Murli Manohar Joshi at a function.

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Uma Bharati's return was expected to be announced during the BJP's recently concluded national executive in Lucknow.

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti inspects the construction work at Nehru Stadium in New Delhi.

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Uma Bharti was expelled from BJP for indiscipline and defying the partys's central leadership in December 2005 after she had objected to L. K. Advani's praise of Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

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Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Uma Bharti.

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Uma Bharti has expressed her happiness over re-joining BJP.

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti and Atal Bihari Vajpayee are seen attending a meeting in New Delhi.

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Uma Bharti, who was expelled from the BJP in 2005 and had floated the unsuccessful Bharatiya Janshakti Party, thanks Party president Nitik Gadkari for her re-induction.

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti is seen with her pet dog.

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The firebrand leader had been waiting for her return to the party for quite some time, but sharp differences over the issue kept her on the sidelines.

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This file picture, B. C. Khanduri (left) and Uma Bharti (right) pose for a photo call after the NDA Government swearing in ceremony in Rashtrapathi Bhavan, New Delhi.

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Uma Bharti says her special attention will be on Uttar Pradesh as it is going to polls and on the ongoing Ganga Abhiyan.

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti is coming to attend a BJP meeting in New Delhi.

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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan had raised objections to Bharti's return. Some other party leaders from Uttar Pradesh too had problems with Bharti returning to the BJP.

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti is seen with L. K. Advani during an election campaign in New Delhi.

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The signals for Uma Bharati's return were however clear after she was seen sharing the dais with yoga guru Baba Ramdev in Haridwar.

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti is addressing reporters in New Delhi.

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Uma Bharti had launched her own party - the Bharatiya Janshakti Party- in 2005.

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti and Madan Lal Khurana court arrest at the Parliament police station along with hundreds of their supporters demanding the hanging of Mohammed Afzal Guru, who has been sentenced to death by the trial court for his role in the December 13, 2001, Parliament attack.

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Uma Bharti says that her priority will be to take Uttar Pradesh from Ram Mandir to 'Ram Rajya'.

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti is seen with senior BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu at Tiranga Yatra Abhinandan Samaroh in New Delhi.

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti (left) is seen with senior BJP leader L. K. Advani during a meeting.

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti is seen on popular talk show Seedhi Baat aired on Aaj Tak.

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti is seen resting inside a vehicle during an election rally in Madhya Pradesh.

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BJP president Nitin Gadkari says that Uma Bharti had expressed her desire to work for the party to strengthen the party's ideology.

Former BJP leader Uma Bharti (centre) rejoined the party after six years on Tuesday, June 7, 2011.
<P>Bharti met BJP president Nitin Gadkari at his residence and then followed him to the party headquarters for a formal announcement.</P>

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti and Madan Lal Khurana court arrest at the Parliament police station along with hundreds of their supporters&nbsp; demanding the hanging of Mohammed Afzal Guru, who has been sentenced to death by the trial court for his role in the December 13, 2001, Parliament attack.

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In this file photo, Uma Bharti is seen on popular talk show <EM>Seedhi Baat</EM> aired on <EM>Aaj Tak</EM>.

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